Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This last week has had a welcome sense of normality in school with various summer term events actually happening. Let me take you through them….. Firstly we had House Maths. Mr Green, KS3 maths coordinator, wrote Last week, all of...

It never ceases to amaze me how much we pack into a week at The Holt. As readers will know, I can get completely immersed in the more mundane, operational aspects of school life, and run the risk of missing some of the more inspirational, student-focused activities...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It’s that time in the school year where we start looking forward to the next year and what it will bring, and this is no different for our students! An important event took place in the sixth form this week as Year 11 completed...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, I hope everyone is coping with the hot weather and making the most of the opportunity to spend some time outdoors.  Students are making the most of the shade of the trees on the front lawn.  They all look very relaxed…The summer...

Dear Parents/Guardians I hope that you and your family had a great half term break, it was wonderful to have some blue skies and sunshine and at last be able to feel that we are in the summer term! I am sure many of you, like me, took the opportunity to do some...

Dear parents, guardians and friends, As this blustery month of May draws to a close, our Year 11 and 13 students are beginning to breathe sighs of relief as their assessments come to an end. This time of year is always a challenge for students sitting their final...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends As the lockdown restrictions are starting to ease, we can now begin to make plans for our whole school summer event of sports day, or as we like to call it “HoltFest”. At The Holt, sports day obviously has a big emphasis on sport,...

Dear Parents and Guardian Right now all of our students from Year 7 to Year 13 are preparing for assessments. Year 11 and 13 have their ongoing ‘mini tests’, Year 7, 8 and 9 start their assessments on Monday 17th May and Year 10 and 12 have a little longer to revise...

As usual when the blog writing falls to me, the focus is primarily on the non-teaching aspects of the school that are both vital to support education, as well as making a key contribution to the overall experience for all of our students. I promise therefore not to...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends With the lighter evenings and good weather student participation in extra-curricular activities is more noticeable around the school…..my office is literally on the edge of the netball courts and  I am in awe of the intensity and...